Saturday, September 8
Snail-themed monorail ride at De Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands.
Thursday, September 6
Something Awful presents The Awful Guide to Your Inevitable Walt Disney World Vacation. Probably not safe for work.
Wednesday, September 5
Tuesday, September 4
Train News:
Eurostar makes the trip from Paris to London in two hours.
The Beeb says:
The Gruniad reports:
That's something you hear a lot about in the British papers, and amost nothing about in America: the carbon impact of travel.
Meanwhile, in news of one of my favorite train journeys:
This simple little service has been missing from the Anaheim train station since way back when I used to live in San Diego in the late 1980s and I used to take the train up to Disneyland. For a while after the shuttles were discontinued, I would walk half a mile or so to one of the hotels, pretend I was a guest, and ride one of their shuttles. Sometimes, I would even help myself to the continental breakfast.
Eurostar makes the trip from Paris to London in two hours.
The Beeb says:
The BBC's Nick Higham, on board the train, said a GPS device had recorded a speed of 202mph (325km/h) in France and 195mph in Britain.
The Gruniad reports:
A Reuters report quoted figures saying the CO2 impact of aviation was between four and 10 times that of rail on short-haul journeys.
That's something you hear a lot about in the British papers, and amost nothing about in America: the carbon impact of travel.
Meanwhile, in news of one of my favorite train journeys:
Anaheim Resort Transit (ART) will begin service from the Anaheim Amtrak station to The Disneyland Resort and Anaheim Resort hotels beginning Oct. 1, 2007. The shuttle service will be provided hourly meeting all southbound and northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains. A schedule will be posted on the ART website www.rideart.org starting early September.
This simple little service has been missing from the Anaheim train station since way back when I used to live in San Diego in the late 1980s and I used to take the train up to Disneyland. For a while after the shuttles were discontinued, I would walk half a mile or so to one of the hotels, pretend I was a guest, and ride one of their shuttles. Sometimes, I would even help myself to the continental breakfast.
Labels: disneyland, eurostar, trains
